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WOW - lots of pretty snakewoods !!! That 25 pattern in the wood is VERY cool Sarah !!! :thumbup:
My only example is a little less vivid:
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Thank you. This thread is my first encounter with snakewood. It's beautiful. What does it come from? Is there a snakewood tree?
Thank you. This thread is my first encounter with snakewood. It's beautiful. What does it come from? Is there a snakewood tree?
in fact there are two diffferent woods on Draggat's picture. The top one L08 Perceval seems to be made made from Marmoroxylon racemosum
(in French Bois de serpent #snakewood) and is awesome.
The two other French knives, Renaud Aubry's navette & Vicomte are made from Brosimum guianense (French name Amourette, did not find an English equivalent else than snakewood) a rarer wood.
In these case (can't speak for the US made knife) the woods come fromfrench Guyane, but can also be found in Suriname and sometime Brasil. They are not painted or treated in anyway. The amopurette is an expensive wood, theBois de serpent much less.
You can see the difference here, color and pricewise (top and bottom knives) :
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